#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 20th August 2011

	Local Overview :
	Sydney Azure User Group First Meeting - 8th September. More details here Local Windows Azure Customer Advisory Team gets started in helping out in Australia (Emil Velinov) Hands-on Systems delivers BiG BUYS website for Harvey Norman using Dynamics and Windows Azure Learning from local dev Guru @Romikovd. on Automating Windows Azure Deployments w/TeamCity and Powershell

	Readiness & Resources:
Windows Azure:	Using ELMAH in Windows Azure with Table Storage Windows Azure Traffic Manager and using your domain name CNAME Entry Lightweight Tracing to Windows Azure Tables Full Startup task based Tomcat/Java Worker Role Application for Windows Azure Creating X.509 certificate from Windows Azure BLOB Running ClamAV (Antivirus Software) in Windows Azure
SQL Azure:	SQL Azure Retry Logic Tales from the Engine Room: Bulk Updates SQL Azure: Scale-Out and Big Data What is New in the Next SQL Azure Reporting CTP?
AppFabric:	Windows Azure Traffic Manager (WATM) and App Fabric Access Control Service (ACS)
MarketPlace:	Xignite Offers Real-Time Stock Quotes on Microsoft’s Windows Azure Marketplace
Watch:	Episode 56 - Logging, Tracing, and ELMAH in Windows Azure Cloud Cover Corelytics Provides Financial Dashboards for Small Businesses Through Windows Azure Marketplace
Case Study:	So, Who Else Is Using Windows Azure…?
Tools:	Top 5 Free Microsoft Tools for IT Pros SQL Azure Federation Data Migration Wizard Metro Theme for Visual Studio LightSwitch (not Azure but cool) A Command Line tool for downloading blob from Azure Storage and logging download completed back to Azure Storage

	Guidance:
Walkthrough:	Building and Deploying Windows Azure Projects using MSBuild and TFS 2010
Architecture:	I’ve Built A Windows Azure Application… How Should I Market It? How to Speed up Windows Azure Deployments
Book:	Microsoft Patterns & Practices Books Offer Guidance on Adopting Windows Azure Microsoft Windows #Azure Development Cookbook

	In the news:
General:	Cloud computing – a green opportunity or climate change risk- Guardian Sustainable Business Patterns for Cloud Computing 12 hours ago Cloud wars
Microsoft:	Example of Intuit and Microsoft collaboration on software platforms to create a foundation for solution developers
Windows Azure:	August 2011 Release of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles v1,1

	Events:
Local:	Sydney Azure User Group First Meeting - 8th September. More details here Pre-Conference Cloud Technical Training (PCTT) @ TechEd Australia 2011 Code Smash event @ QUT on Sunday 28th August Announcing: BizSpark Azure Startup Camp – Sydney 9-11th of September Windows Azure Circle Architect Readiness (6-8th September, Sydney)
Webinar:	“Andretti Live & Global” on Ortsbo, powered by Windows Azure Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

	Community:
Social:	Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Mailing list for OzAzure

	Questions
Q:	Can the Service Management API be used to set the InstanceCount to 0 on a predetermined schedule?
A:	No, but you can programmatically delete your deployment and later redeploy it